Vaccine booster clinics offered for faculty, staff
The university will offer Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine booster clinics for faculty and staff beginning Monday, Jan. 10, at the Athletic Complex lobby on the Danforth Campus. The clinics will be open to all university faculty and staff by appointment only.
Midwest Climate Collaborative kicks off Jan. 28 during virtual summit
Washington University in St. Louis is a founding member of the Midwest Climate Collaborative, which will be officially introduced during an online summit Jan. 28.
The ‘surprisingly simple’ arithmetic of smell
Research from the lab of Barani Raman finds in locusts that the presence of smell can be determined by simply adding and subtracting the presence of certain neurons.
Li receives Whitehall grant
The Whitehall Foundation has awarded a three-year $225,000 grant to Tristan Qingyun Li, assistant professor at the School of Medicine, to investigate the function of microglia, immune cells that reside in the brain and perform myriad critical functions.
Four neuroscience faculty members receive R01 grants
Four faculty members in the Department of Neuroscience at the School of Medicine — Yao Chen, Thomas Papouin, Jason Yi and Guoyan Zhao — have been awarded their first R01 grants through the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Yi appointed to Angelman Syndrome Foundation scientific advisory board
Jason Yi, assistant professor of neuroscience at the School of Medicine, has joined the scientific advisory board of the Angelman Syndrome Foundation.
Rustenhoven named finalist for neurobiological research award
Justin Rustenhoven, a postdoctoral researcher at Washington University School of Medicine, has been named a finalist for the Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology.
Goodhill awarded grant to advance brain imaging
Geoffrey Goodhill, professor of developmental biology and neuroscience at the School of Medicine, has received a two-year $675,000 National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to enhance the capabilities of light field microscopy for brain imaging.
Heat conduction important for droplet dynamics
A team of engineers at the McKelvey School of Engineering found that conduction of heat plays a larger role than previously thought in the dynamics of droplets on smooth surfaces that repel water.
Scientists detect world’s lightest magnesium
A new isotope of magnesium — magnesium-18 — was discovered by a team that includes Robert Charity, research professor of chemistry, and Lee Sobotka, professor of chemistry and of physics, both in Arts & Sciences, as reported in the journal Physical Review Letters.
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